Saturn retrograde 1988

1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.6% of 1988. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

141 days · retreats 6.63°

10 April → 30 August 1988 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 10 Apr 1988, 22:19 UTC at 2.67° Capricorn

Stations direct 30 Aug 1988, 07:30 UTC at 26.04° Sagittarius

Read against Capricorn, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1988

1987 Ended 19 August 1987 after 141 days, moving back 6.63° through the zodiac.

1989 Begins 22 April 1989 and runs 141 days.

Gap across 1988

1.7 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

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